Is it dual or single processor?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Zimmerman" <[email protected]> To: "Andrew Rowley" <[email protected]> Cc: "'ag-tech'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs > Agreed on the crashing. Our venueserver hasn't had any problems and it > runs 24/7. It usually only needs to be restarted about once ever month or > so... > > Concerning configuration and setup, our main venueserver runs on the same > machine as one of our bridges, while a second machine serves mostly as a > second bridge (geographically separated) but can serve as a backup > venueserver in times of crisis. > > One machine is a P3 1Ghz, the other a P4 2.8Ghz, both with 2 GB of mem. > > Neither has had an issue with performance and we host some fairly large > meetings occassionally... > > Todd > > -- > Collaboration & Visualization Technician > WestGrid - www.westgrid.ca > IRMACS - www.irmacs.com > Ph. 604.268.6979 > Todd Zimmerman - [email protected] > > > > Derek Piper wrote: >> >> Your VenueServer crashes a lot? hmm. I actually run ours on the same >> machine that does our Audio and Video for the node we have here. This was >> simple because when I was installing it last year, it was deemed that >> that was 'the AccessGrid Linux machine'. Whether that's smart or not, I >> don't know, but I've found it to be very stable. It's a single P4/3Ghz >> with 1GB RAM. The machine was recently reformatted and reinstalled (now >> Debian Sarge instead of RedHat 9) because of a failing harddrive (Dell >> and their Maxtors ... sheesh). The VenueServer had to be restarted >> occaisionally, but I'm thinking it was a few months between intervals. We >> have a bridge server on a different machine (another 3Ghz P4 that does >> web stuff), since because of the audio and video VICs on the AV machine, >> they cannot occupy the same machine. >> >> Derek >> >> Andrew Rowley wrote: >> >>> Relating to this, I also wondered if people generally run their bridge >>> server and venue server on the same of separate machines? >>> >>> We currently run ours on the same machine (a P4 1.7Ghz with 512MB RAM). >>> The >>> venueserver crashes fairly often, and I sometimes find that restarting >>> the >>> bridge server helps, so I assume the bridge server sometimes puts a lot >>> of >>> load on the server. >>> >>> Andrew :) >>> >>> ============================================ >>> Access Grid Support Centre, >>> RSS Group, >>> Manchester Computing, >>> Kilburn Building, >>> University of Manchester, >>> Oxford Road, >>> Manchester, >>> M13 9PL, >>> UK >>> Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Natalia Costas Lago >>> Sent: 09 June 2005 08:39 >>> To: ag-tech >>> Subject: [AG-TECH] Venue and Bridge Server specs >>> >>> Dear all, >>> Seeking for some information related to the hardware I need for our own >>> venue/bridge server I found two threads with no answer to this question. >>> It seems to me that the venue server doesnt need heavy resources, but >>> I'm >>> not so sure about the bridge server. >>> I would really appreciate the sites that hold/organise very big >>> meetings (as >>> Argonne with SCGlobal for instance), and have much experience in these >>> matters, give us some guidelines about the specs recommended (or the >>> place/website where I could gather some information). Kind regards, >>> Natalia. >>> ----------------------------------- >>> Natalia Costas Lago >>> email: [email protected] >>> Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA) >>> Avenida de Vigo, s/n Campus Sur 15706 Santiago de Compostela - SPAIN >>> Tel: +34 981 56 98 10 Fax: +34 981 59 46 16 >>> http://www.cesga.es/ >>> >>> >> > >
